#74BFDA#74BFDA

#74BFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.084 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74BFDA
RGB	rgb(116, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -16.17, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 26.31, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0612 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.084 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4835, 46.0336, 73.1735)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74BFDA #DA8F74

analogous

#74DAC2 #74BFDA #748CDA

triadic

#74BFDA #DA74BF #BFDA74

tetradic

#74BFDA #C274DA #DA8F74 #8CDA74

square

#74BFDA #C274DA #DA8F74 #8CDA74

split-complementary

#74BFDA #DA748C #DAC274

monochromatic

#2C87A7 #44A9CD #74BFDA #A4D5E7 #D5ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#74BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#74BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74BFDA

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74BFDA	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.084 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d2e5',
    500: '#74bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74bfda;
$custom-light: #a2d2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76569,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74BFDA

secondary

#E6CDC4

accent

#4C20C6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74BFDA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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